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US9631562B2
US9631562B2 US14/160,461 US201414160461A US9631562B2 US 9631562 B2 US9631562 B2 US 9631562B2 US 201414160461 A US201414160461 A US 201414160461A US 9631562 B2 US9631562 B2 US 9631562B2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D17/00—Controlling engines by cutting out individual cylinders; Rendering engines inoperative or idling
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F02D13/00—Controlling the engine output power by varying inlet or exhaust valve operating characteristics, e.g. timing
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/008—Controlling each cylinder individually
    • F02D41/0087—Selective cylinder activation, i.e. partial cylinder operation
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01P3/00—Liquid cooling
    • F01P3/20—Cooling circuits not specific to a single part of engine or machine
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
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  • the present invention relates to a variable cylinder engine which has a plurality of cylinders and performs a reduced-cylinder operation where one or more of the plurality of cylinders are deactivated.
  • JP2010-270701A discloses a variable cylinder engine. Specifically, in JP2010-270701A, in a transition to a reduced-cylinder operation, a control of stopping a lift operation of an intake valve to be deactivated is performed. Therefore, the engine in JP2010-270701A includes a mechanism for stopping the operation of the intake valve (valve stopping mechanism). However, since the mechanism is a hydraulic type, due to an increase in viscosity of oil used in the hydraulic control when an engine coolant temperature is low, a period of time required to stop the intake valve of the cylinder to be deactivated (required period of time for the operation of the valve stopping mechanism) becomes long, and the transition to the reduced-cylinder operation may not be performed smoothly.
  • JP2010-270701A when the reduced-cylinder operation is requested, the engine coolant temperature is compared with a predetermined lower limit temperature, and when the coolant temperature is confirmed to be lower than the lower limit temperature, a working angle of the intake valve is reduced and a base circle section of a cam (the section spanning from the part causing the intake valve to close to the part causing the intake valve to open) is designed to be long.
  • a base circle section of a cam the section spanning from the part causing the intake valve to close to the part causing the intake valve to open
  • JP2010-270701A when the engine coolant temperature is higher than the lower limit value, the control of reducing the working angle of the intake valve is not performed and the lift characteristic of the intake valve is set to be normal.
  • the reduced-cylinder operation when the reduced-cylinder operation is performed in this state, if an engine load is relatively increased and the load on the active cylinder is increased, the temperature of the active cylinder is increased and abnormal combustion may occur. In order to avoid such abnormal combustion, an upper limit load for performing the reduced-cylinder operation may be set low; however, the effect of improved fuel consumption will be reduced in this case.
  • the present invention is made in view of the above situations and provides a variable cylinder engine, which increases the opportunity to perform a reduced-cylinder operation that results in excellent in fuel consumption performance as much as possible.
  • a variable cylinder engine includes an engine body having a plurality of cylinders, a cooling mechanism for cooling the engine body by using a coolant, and a controller for controlling a temperature of the coolant and changing the number of active cylinders according to an operating state of the engine.
  • the controller reduces the number of the active cylinders in a reduced-cylinder operating range set within a partial engine load range, and expands the reduced-cylinder operating range to a higher engine load side as the coolant temperature becomes lower.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range where the number of active cylinders is reduced is expanded to the higher engine load side as the temperature of the coolant for cooling the engine body becomes lower. Therefore, the reduced-cylinder operation is performed in a larger engine load range as the coolant temperature becomes lower, and thus, the opportunity to perform the reduced-cylinder operation can be increased and fuel consumption performance of the engine can be improved.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range is expanded to the higher engine load side despite the coolant temperature of the engine being high, the temperature of the active cylinder is increased in a high load part of the expanded reduced-cylinder operating range and abnormal combustion (e.g., knocking) may occur.
  • abnormal combustion e.g., knocking
  • the fuel consumption degrades compared to an all-cylinder operation (the engine operation where all the cylinders are active) in the same operating range.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range may be set to a predetermined engine speed range within the partial engine load range.
  • the controller may expand the reduced-cylinder operating range to a higher engine speed side as the coolant temperature becomes lower.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range is expanded more to a higher engine speed side as the temperature of the coolant for cooling the engine body becomes lower, due to the expansion of the reduced-cylinder operating range to the higher engine load side as described above, the reduced-cylinder operation is performed in a larger engine speed range and a larger engine load range as the coolant temperature becomes lower, and the fuel consumption performance of the engine can be improved.
  • the coolant temperature is high, since the reduced-cylinder operating range is narrowed at the engine speed axis and the engine load axis compared to when the coolant temperature is low, it becomes unnecessary to significantly retard the ignition timing as an abnormal combustion countermeasure and degradation of the fuel consumption in the reduced-cylinder operation can be avoided.
  • abnormal combustion e.g., knocking
  • the retard amount of the ignition timing can be reduced in the expanded range.
  • a sufficient amount of torque can be secured while suppressing the increase in temperature of exhaust gas. Therefore, it becomes unnecessary to sharply enrich an air-fuel ratio, and good fuel consumption in the expanded range can be maintained.
  • the coolant temperature is high, compared to when it is low, a temperature condition and the like of the exhaust gas becomes severe in either one of the high engine load range and the high engine speed range within the reduced-cylinder operating range.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range is carelessly expanded at the higher engine load side and the high speed side regardless of the coolant temperature, the fuel consumption is degraded compared to when the all-cylinder operation is performed (here, the operation with a theoretical air-fuel ratio becomes available since the load per cylinder is reduced).
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range is expanded at the higher engine load and speed sides as the coolant temperature becomes lower (on the other hand, the reduced-cylinder operating range is contracted as the coolant temperature becomes higher).
  • the controller may narrow the reduced-cylinder operating range instead of expanding, when occurrence of abnormal combustion is confirmed while the engine is operated in the reduced-cylinder operating range.
  • the controller may lower the coolant temperature below that in a second reduced-cylinder range set within a low load part of the reduced-cylinder operating range.
  • the coolant temperature is forcibly lowered and an environment in which abnormal combustion does not easily occur can be created.
  • the opportunity to perform the reduced-cylinder operation can be increased and the fuel consumption performance of the engine can be improved more effectively.
  • the controller may activate all of the cylinders and, similar to the first reduced-cylinder range, lower the coolant temperature.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of an overall configuration of a variable cylinder engine according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the engine.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a control system of the engine.
  • FIG. 4 is a map illustrating operating ranges of the engine which are divided according to a difference in control.
  • FIG. 5 is a first flowchart illustrating a flow of a control operation performed while the engine is in operation.
  • FIG. 6 is a second flowchart illustrating a flow of a control operation performed while the engine is in operation.
  • FIG. 7 is a chart illustrating how a reduced-cylinder operating range is expanded according to a temperature of a coolant of the engine.
  • FIG. 8 is a chart illustrating fuel consumption performance of the engine.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the configuration of a variable cylinder engine according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the engine illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a multi-cylinder gasoline engine having four cycles, installed in a vehicle as a power source for traveling.
  • the engine includes an inline four-cylinder engine body 1 , an intake passage 20 for introducing air into the engine body 1 , an exhaust passage 25 for discharging exhaust gas generated in the engine body 1 , and a cooling mechanism 30 for cooling the engine body 1 .
  • the engine body 1 has four cylinders 2 arranged in a line.
  • the engine body 1 includes a cylinder block 3 formed therein with the four cylinders 2 , a cylinder head 4 provided on the cylinder block 3 , and pistons 5 each reciprocatably fitted into the cylinder 2 .
  • a combustion chamber 10 is formed above each piston 5 , and fuel mainly containing gasoline is supplied to the combustion chamber 10 by being injected from an injector 11 (described later). Then, the injected fuel combusts in the combustion chamber 10 , and the piston 5 pushed down by an expansion force produced by the combustion reciprocates in an up-and-down direction.
  • the piston 5 is coupled to a crankshaft 15 via a connecting rod 16 .
  • the crankshaft 15 is an output shaft of the engine body 1 .
  • the crankshaft 15 rotates around its central axis corresponding to the reciprocation of the piston 5 .
  • the cylinder block 3 is provided with an engine speed sensor SN 1 for detecting a rotational speed of the crankshaft 15 as an engine speed, and a vibration sensor SN 2 for detecting a vibration strength (acceleration) of the cylinder block 3 .
  • a pair of injectors 11 for injecting the fuel (gasoline) into the combustion chamber 10 and a pair of ignition plugs 12 are provided for each cylinder 2 .
  • the pair of ignition plugs 12 supply ignition energy produced by a spark-discharge to a gas mixture containing the fuel injected from the injectors 11 and air.
  • each piston 5 provided to each cylinder 2 moves in the up-and-down direction with a phase difference by 180° in crank angle (180° CA) with the adjacent piston(s).
  • the ignition timing in the cylinder 2 is also set to a timing shifted by 180° CA from the adjacent cylinder(s).
  • the cylinders 2 are referred to as the first, second, third and fourth cylinders from the left in FIG. 1 , the ignition is performed in the order of the first cylinder, the third cylinder, the fourth cylinder, and then the second cylinder.
  • the engine of this embodiment is the variable cylinder engine for performing the operation of deactivating two of the four cylinders 2 while activating the other two of the cylinders 2 , referred to as a reduced-cylinder operation.
  • the ignition order described above applies to a normal operation which is not the reduced-cylinder operation (an all-cylinder operation where all of the four cylinders 2 are active).
  • the reduced-cylinder operation the ignition operations of the ignition plugs 12 are controlled so that the ignitions are only performed in two of the cylinders of which ignition order is not adjacent; thus, the ignition is performed in every other cylinder with respect to ignition order.
  • the geometric compression ratio of each cylinder 2 in other words, a ratio between a volume of the combustion chamber 10 when the piston 5 is at a bottom dead center and a volume of the combustion chamber 10 when the piston 5 is at a top dead center is set slightly high for a gasoline engine, which is 12:1 or higher.
  • the cylinder head 4 includes: intake ports 6 for introducing, into the combustion chambers 10 of the respective cylinders 2 , air supplied from the intake passage 20 ; exhaust ports 7 for discharging, to the exhaust passage 25 , exhaust gas generated in the combustion chambers 10 of the respective cylinders 2 ; intake valves 8 for opening and closing openings of the respective intake ports 6 on the combustion chamber 10 side; and exhaust valves 9 for opening and closing openings of the respective exhaust ports 7 on the combustion chamber 10 side.
  • two intake valves 8 and two exhaust valves 9 are provided for each cylinder 2 .
  • the intake valves 8 are opened and closed in cooperation with the rotation of the crankshaft 15 , by a valve operating mechanism 18 including a pair of camshafts disposed in the cylinder head 4 ( FIG. 2 ).
  • the exhaust valves 9 are opened and closed in cooperation with the rotation of the crankshaft 15 , by a valve operating mechanism 19 including a pair of camshafts disposed in the cylinder head 4 ( FIG. 2 ).
  • valve operating mechanism 18 for the intake valves 8 is incorporated with valve stopping mechanism parts 18 a for stopping lift operations of the intake valves 8 for each cylinder 2 individually.
  • valve stopping mechanism part 18 a can be used as long as it can stop the lift operations of the intake valves 8 , for example, a component including an input arm for swinging in cooperation with the cam in rotation, a transmission arm for transmitting the movement of the input arm to the intake valves 8 , and a coupling pin coupling the input arm to the transmission arm may be used as the valve stopping mechanism part 18 a .
  • the coupling pin is driven back and forth in its axial direction by, for example, a hydraulic pressure and can move between a projecting position where the input arm and the transmission arm are coupled to each other, and a retracted position where the coupling therebetween is undone.
  • a hydraulic pressure can move between a projecting position where the input arm and the transmission arm are coupled to each other, and a retracted position where the coupling therebetween is undone.
  • the coupling pin is at the projecting position, since the input arm and the transmission arm are coupled to each other via the coupling pin, the movement of the input arm is transmitted to the transmission arm, and the lift operations of the intake valves 8 are performed.
  • the coupling pin is moved to the retracted position and the input arm and the transmission arm are uncoupled, the movement of the input arm is not transmitted to the transmission arm, and therefore, the lift operations of the intake valves 8 is stopped.
  • one valve stopping mechanism part 18 a having such a structure is provided for each cylinder 2 .
  • valve operating mechanism 19 for the exhaust valves 9 is incorporated with valve stopping mechanism parts 19 a for stopping lift operations of the exhaust valves 9 for each cylinder 2 individually.
  • valve stopping mechanism parts 19 a is substantially the same as that of the valve stopping mechanism parts 18 a of the intake valves 8 , the description thereof is omitted.
  • the intake passage 20 is formed with four independent intake passages 21 communicating with the intake ports 6 of the respective cylinders 2 , a surge tank 22 commonly connected with upstream end sections (end sections on an upstream side in a flow direction of intake air) of the independent intake passages 21 , and a single intake pipe 23 extending upstream from the surge tank 22 .
  • the exhaust passage 25 is formed with four independent exhaust passages 26 communicating with the exhaust ports 7 of the respective cylinders 2 , a manifold section 27 where downstream end sections (end sections on a downstream side in a flow direction of exhaust air) of the independent exhaust passages 26 join together, and a single exhaust pipe 28 extending downstream from the manifold section 27 .
  • the cooling mechanism 30 includes a coolant pump 31 for pressuring coolant for cooling the engine, a coolant path 32 for circulating the coolant pressured by the coolant pump 31 , a radiator 33 for cooling the coolant, a switch valve 34 for switching the flow of the coolant inside the coolant path 32 , and a coolant temperature sensor SN 4 for detecting a temperature of the coolant.
  • the coolant path 32 is formed with: a first coolant path 32 a for returning the coolant discharged from the engine body 1 , to the engine body 1 again without passing through the radiator 33 ; a second coolant path 32 b for introducing the coolant discharged from the engine body 1 , into the radiator 33 ; and a third coolant path 32 c for introducing the coolant discharged from the radiator 33 , into a downstream section of the first coolant path 32 a .
  • the coolant introduced into the engine body 1 through the downstream section of the first coolant path 32 a passes through a water jacket (not illustrated) formed inside the cylinder block 3 and the cylinder head 4 of the engine body 1 , and then is discharged from the engine body 1 to be led out to either one of an upstream section of the first coolant path 32 a and the second coolant path 32 b through the switch valve 34 .
  • the coolant pump 31 is, for example, comprised of a mechanical pump for pressuring the coolant by obtaining its drive force from the crankshaft 15 of the engine body 1 , and is provided at a position in the vicinity of the engine body 1 on the downstream side with respect to a merging section of the third coolant path 32 c and the first coolant path 32 a.
  • the radiator 33 cools the coolant by a heat exchange with outdoor air and is disposed at a predetermined position inside an engine room which receives travel air of the vehicle.
  • the radiator 33 is disposed rearward of a front grille provided on a front face of the engine room, and the coolant inside the radiator 33 is cooled by outdoor air being introduced from an air port formed in the front grille and being blown to the radiator 33 .
  • the switch valve 34 is, for example, comprised of an electric-detection type thermostat using a thermistor, and is provided in a branching section into the first coolant path 32 a and the second coolant path 32 b .
  • the switch valve 34 can switch between a closed state where the flow of the coolant toward the second coolant path 32 b is interrupted and an open state where the flow of the coolant toward the second coolant path 32 b is allowed.
  • the switch valve 34 when the temperature of the coolant detected by the coolant temperature sensor SN 3 is lower than a predetermined reference temperature, the switch valve 34 is closed.
  • the temperature of the coolant since the coolant only circulates within the first coolant path 32 a , the temperature of the coolant gradually increases by the heat generated in the engine body 1 .
  • the switch valve 34 when the temperature of the coolant is higher than the reference temperature, the switch valve 34 is open, and the coolant also flows into the second coolant path 32 b .
  • the coolant led out from the engine body 1 not only circulates within the first coolant path 32 a , but is also supplied to the radiator 33 through the second coolant path 32 b to be cooled.
  • the coolant after being cooled in the radiator 33 , is again returned back to the engine body 1 through the third coolant path 32 c , etc.
  • the degree to which the switch valve 34 here is opened may be varied continuously. By adjusting the degree in this manner, the flow rate of the coolant flowing into the radiator 33 may be arbitrarily adjusted. As the flow rate of the coolant into the radiator 33 is increased by opening the switch valve 34 further, the cooling performance correspondingly increases and the coolant temperature rapidly decreases.
  • the respective components of the engine of this embodiment are overall controlled by an ECU (Engine Control Unit) 50 .
  • the ECU 50 is, as is well known, comprised of a microprocessor including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read-Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the ECU 50 may also be referred to herein as a controller.
  • a CPU Central Processing Unit
  • ROM Read-Only Memory
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • the ECU 50 is sequentially inputted with information from the various sensors. Specifically, the ECU 50 is electrically connected to the engine speed sensor SN 1 , the vibration sensor SN 2 , the airflow sensor SN 3 , and the coolant temperature sensor SN 4 provided at the respective components of the engine. Moreover, the vehicle of this embodiment is provided with an accelerator sensor SN 5 for detecting a degree of actuation of an acceleration pedal (accelerator actuation degree, not illustrated) controlled by the driver. The ECU 50 is also electrically connected with the accelerator opening sensor SN 5 . The ECU 50 acquires various information including the engine speed, the vibration strength, the intake air amount, the coolant temperature, and the accelerator actuation degree, based on input signals from the sensors SN 1 to SN 5 .
  • the ECU 50 performs various operations based on the input signals from the respective sensors (SN 1 to SN 5 ) while controlling the respective components of the engine.
  • the ECU 50 is electrically connected with the injectors 11 , the ignition plugs 12 , the valve stopping mechanism parts 18 a and 19 a , the throttle valve 24 , and the switch valve 34 .
  • the ECU 50 outputs respective control signals to these components to drive the components based on the results of the operations, etc.
  • FIG. 4 is a map illustrating operating ranges of the engine which are divided into a plurality of ranges according to a difference in control, in which the engine load and the engine speed are indicated in the vertical axis and the horizontal axis, respectively.
  • the operating range is roughly divided into a reduced-cylinder operating range A where the reduced-cylinder operation for deactivating two of the four cylinders 2 of the engine is performed, and ranges B 1 , B 2 , and B 3 where other operation (in which the reduced-cylinder operation is not performed) is performed.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A is set in a range in an intermediate speed range where the engine speed is higher than a first predetermined reference speed R 1 but lower than a second predetermined reference speed R 2 and a partial load range where the engine load is lower than a predetermined reference load L 1 .
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A is divided, at a load L 2 lower than the reference load L 1 , into a first reduced-cylinder range A 1 where the engine load is higher than the load L 2 and a second reduced-cylinder range A 2 where the engine load is lower than the load L 2 .
  • the ranges other than the reduced-cylinder operating range A are divided into the low-speed all-cylinder range B 1 set in an engine speed range where the engine speed is lower than the first reference speed R 1 , the high-speed all-cylinder range B 2 set in an engine speed range where the engine speed is higher than the second reference speed R 2 , and the high-load all-cylinder range B 3 set in a range located between the ranges B 1 and B 2 and where the engine load is higher than the reference load L 1 .
  • the reduced-cylinder operation is not performed in any of the low-speed all-cylinder range B 1 , the high-speed all-cylinder range B 2 , and the high-load all-cylinder range B 3 for the following reason.
  • the low-speed all-cylinder range B 1 where the engine speed is low in a case where the reduced-cylinder operation has reduced the number of the active cylinders to two, the combustion interval between the active cylinders becomes excessively long and engine vibration increases. For this reason, it is required to set the first reference speed R 1 which is a lower limit speed in the reduced-cylinder operating range A, larger than an idling speed Rmin of the engine. As a result, the low-speed all-cylinder range B 1 where the all-cylinder operation is performed is set in an engine speed range between the speed Rmin and the speed R 1 . Note that the first reference speed R 1 can be set to about 1 ⁇ 6 of a rated speed Rmax of the engine.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A unlike a case where the all-cylinder operation is performed in the same range, it is required to inject substantially twice the amount of fuel into the active cylinders compared to the all-cylinder operation, which increases the load on each active cylinder.
  • knocking i.e., abnormal combustion caused by self-ignition of uncombusted end gas during the flame propagation
  • the temperatures of the active cylinders increase due to an increase in an amount of fuel injected as the engine load increases and also an increase in heat generated per unit time as the engine speed increases.
  • the second reference speed R 2 which is an upper limit speed in the reduced-cylinder operating range A
  • the reference load L 1 which is an upper limit load in the reduced-cylinder operating range A lower than the rated speed Rmax and a maximum load Lmax of the engine, respectively.
  • the high-speed all-cylinder range B 2 and the high-load all-cylinder range B 3 are set between the rated speed Rmax and the second reference speed R 2 and between the maximum load Lmax and the reference load L 1 , respectively.
  • second reference speed R 2 and the reference load L 1 are set variably based on the temperature of the coolant of the engine (the detection value obtained by the coolant temperature sensor SN 4 ). Therefore, although the values of R 2 and L 1 cannot be concretely defined, as a substantial tendency, the second reference speed R 2 may be set to about 2 ⁇ 3 of the rated speed Rmax and the reference load L 1 may be set to about 1 ⁇ 2 of the maximum load Lmax.
  • the ECU 50 reads the various sensor values (S 1 ). Specifically, the ECU 50 reads the respective detected signals from the engine speed sensor SN 1 , the vibration sensor SN 2 , the airflow sensor SN 3 , the coolant temperature sensor SN 4 , and the accelerator sensor SN 5 , so as to acquire various information including the engine speed, the vibration strength, the intake air amount, the coolant temperature, and the accelerator actuation degree.
  • the ECU 50 determines whether the engine is operated in the reduced-cylinder operating range A (S 2 ). Specifically, the ECU 50 determines the engine load and the engine speed based on the information acquired from the engine speed sensor SN 1 , the airflow sensor SN 3 , and the accelerator sensor SN 5 . The ECU 50 then determines whether an operating state of the engine obtained based on the engine load value and the engine speed value corresponds to a position within the reduced-cylinder operating range A illustrated in FIG. 4 .
  • the ECU 50 When it is confirmed that the engine is operated in the reduced-cylinder operating range A (S 2 : YES), the ECU 50 performs the reduced-cylinder operation where the number of active cylinders is reduced (S 3 ). Specifically, the ECU 50 controls the injectors 11 , the ignition plugs 12 , and the valve stopping mechanism parts 18 a and 19 a of the respective cylinders 2 so that two of the four cylinders 2 of the engine body 1 are deactivated (only the other two cylinders 2 are active).
  • the operations of the injectors 11 and the ignition plugs 12 of the cylinders to be deactivated are stopped and the lift operations of the intake valves 8 and the exhaust valves 9 of the deactivated cylinders are stopped by driving the valve stopping mechanism parts 18 a and 19 a .
  • the fuel injection and the ignition are stopped in the deactivated cylinders, and the combustion cannot be performed.
  • the combination of the deactivated cylinders 2 is selected such that the ignition order of the deactivated cylinders is not continuous. For example, either one of a combination of the first and fourth cylinders and a combination of the second and third cylinders is selected as the deactivated cylinders.
  • the ECU 50 determines whether the current operating state of the engine corresponds to a position within the first reduced-cylinder range A 1 in which the engine load is relatively high within the reduced-cylinder operating range A (S 4 ).
  • the ECU 50 sets the reference temperature of the coolant, which is a temperature at which the switch valve 34 of the cooling mechanism 30 is opened (the temperature at which the coolant is allowed to flow into the radiator 33 ), to a predetermined normal reference temperature T high (S 17 ).
  • the value of the normal reference temperature T high may be, for example, 88° C.
  • the ECU 50 controls the opening of the switch valve 34 so that the temperature of the coolant of the engine (hereinafter may be referred to as the coolant temperature, and is denoted by Tw) is kept to the normal reference temperature T high (S 18 ).
  • This normal reference temperature T high is set at S 17 .
  • the ECU 50 controls the opening of the switch valve 34 such that the switch valve 34 is opened when the coolant temperature Tw is higher than the normal reference temperature T high , and the switch valve 34 is closed when the coolant temperature Tw is lower than the normal reference temperature T high .
  • the coolant flows into the radiator 33 and is cooled only when the coolant temperature Tw is higher than the normal reference temperature T high and, therefore, the coolant temperature Tw is kept within a value range close to the normal reference temperature T high without significantly exceeding or falling below the normal reference temperature T high .
  • the ECU 50 sets the reference temperature of the coolant (the temperature at which the switch valve 34 is opened) to a low reference temperature T low which is lower than the normal reference temperature T high (S 5 ).
  • the value of the low reference temperature T low may be, for example, 78° C.
  • the ECU 50 controls the opening of the switch valve 34 so that the coolant temperature Tw of the engine is kept at the low reference temperature T low (S 6 ).
  • This low reference temperature T low is set at S 5 .
  • the ECU 50 controls the opening of the switch valve 34 such that the switch valve 34 is opened when the coolant temperature Tw is higher than the low reference temperature T low , and the switch valve 34 is closed when the coolant temperature Tw is lower than the low reference temperature T low .
  • the opening of the switch valve 34 is set larger as a temperature difference between the actual coolant temperature Tw and the low reference temperature T low (Tw ⁇ T low ) increases, and the flow rate of the coolant flowing into the radiator 33 is increased, so that the coolant temperature Tw is lowered to be close to the low reference temperature T low more quickly by improving the cooling performance more as the temperature difference is increases.
  • the ECU 50 determines whether the coolant temperature Tw has actually decreased, more specifically, whether a decrease in temperature obtained by subtracting the coolant temperature Tw after the processing at S 6 from the coolant temperature Tw immediately before S 6 is larger than a predetermined amount (S 7 ).
  • the ECU 50 reduces the retard amount of the ignition timing (S 8 ).
  • the retard amount herein is set according to the decrease in coolant temperature Tw obtained at S 7 , and the retard amount is increased even more as the magnitude of the decrease in coolant temperature Tw increases.
  • the ECU 50 increases the reference load L 1 , which is the upper limit load in the reduced-cylinder operating range A, by ⁇ X (S 9 ).
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A is expanded at a higher load side by the increase amount ⁇ X as described in FIG. 7 .
  • the increase amount ⁇ X of the engine load is set according to the decrease in coolant temperature Tw obtained at S 7 , and the increase amount ⁇ X is increased more as the magnitude of the decrease in coolant temperature increases.
  • the ECU 50 increases the second reference speed R 2 , which is the upper limit speed in the reduced-cylinder operating range A, by ⁇ Y (S 10 ).
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A is expanded at a higher speed side by the increase amount ⁇ Y as described in FIG. 7 .
  • the increase amount ⁇ Y of the engine speed is set according to the decrease in coolant temperature Tw obtained at S 7 , and the increase amount ⁇ Y is increased more as the magnitude of the decrease in coolant temperature increases.
  • the ECU 50 determines if knocking has occurred in the engine body 1 based on the detection value of the vibration sensor SN 2 (the vibration strength of the engine body 1 ) (S 11 ). Specifically, when abnormal combustion (i.e., knocking) occurs, comparatively large vibration is generated in the engine body 1 due to a steep combustion pressure and the like. Therefore, at S 11 , when the vibration strength (acceleration) of the engine body 1 is higher than a predetermined threshold, knocking is determined to have occurred.
  • the ECU 50 increases the retard amount of the ignition timing to avoid knocking thereafter (S 12 ).
  • the reference load L 1 which is the upper limit load in the reduced-cylinder operating range A
  • the second reference speed R 2 which is the upper limit speed in the reduced-cylinder operating range A
  • the ECU 50 performs the all-cylinder operation where all of the four cylinders 2 are active (S 20 ). Specifically, the ECU 50 controls the injectors 11 and the ignition plugs 12 so that the fuel injection and the spark-ignition are performed in all the cylinders 2 of the engine body 1 , and controls the valve stopping mechanism parts 18 a and 19 a not to be operated so that the intake and exhaust valves 8 and 9 of all the cylinders 2 are driven.
  • the ECU 50 determines whether the current operating state of the engine specified based on the information acquired at 51 corresponds to a position within the low-speed all-cylinder range B 1 (S 21 ).
  • the ECU 50 sets the reference temperature of the coolant (the temperature at which the switch valve 34 is opened) to the normal reference temperature T high (e.g., 88° C.) (S 22 ) and controls the opening of the switch valve 34 so that the coolant temperature Tw of the engine is kept at the normal reference temperature T high (S 23 ).
  • T high e.g., 88° C.
  • the ECU 50 sets the reference temperature of the coolant to the low reference temperature T low (e.g., 78° C.) which is lower than the normal reference temperature T high (S 24 ), and controls the opening of the switch valve 34 so that the coolant temperature Tw of the engine is kept at the low reference temperature T low (S 25 ).
  • T low e.g., 78° C.
  • the engine of this embodiment includes the engine body 1 having the plurality of (four) cylinders 2 , the cooling mechanism 30 for cooling the engine body 1 by using the coolant, and the ECU 50 (controller) for controlling the respective components of the engine including the cooling mechanism 30 .
  • the ECU 50 performs the reduced-cylinder operation where the number of active cylinders is reduced in the reduced-cylinder operating range A set within the partial load range of the engine, and the ECU 50 expands the reduced-cylinder operating A more at the higher engine load and speed sides as the coolant temperature Tw becomes lower (S 9 and S 10 in FIG. 5 ).
  • Such a configuration has an advantage that the opportunity to perform the reduced-cylinder operation with excellent fuel consumption performance can be increased as much as possible and the fuel consumption performance can effectively be improved.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A where the number of active cylinders 2 is reduced is expanded more at the higher load and speed sides as the temperature Tw of the coolant for cooling the engine body 1 becomes lower, the opportunity to perform the reduced-cylinder operation is increased more as the coolant temperature Tw becomes lower, and the fuel consumption performance of the engine improves.
  • the coolant temperature Tw is high, compared to when it is low, since the reduced-cylinder operating range A is narrowed at the engine load axis and the engine speed axis, unlike when the reduced-cylinder operating range A is expanded regardless of the coolant temperature Tw, it becomes unnecessary to significantly retard the ignition timing as an abnormal combustion countermeasure, and degradation of the fuel consumption due to the retarding can be avoided.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A is expanded at the engine load axis and the engine speed axis despite the coolant temperature Tw being high, the temperature of the active cylinder is increased at a high engine load and a high engine speed, and knocking (abnormal combustion caused by a self-ignition of uncombusted end gas) may occur.
  • knocking abnormal combustion caused by a self-ignition of uncombusted end gas
  • the fuel consumption degrades compared to the all-cylinder operation (the engine operation where all four of the cylinders 2 are active) in the same operating range.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A is only expanded under a condition where the coolant temperature Tw of the engine is low (i.e., knocking is hard to occur) as this embodiment, the above situation can be avoided and it can be possible to only perform the reduced-cylinder operation with excellent fuel consumption performance, and also the opportunity to perform the reduced-cylinder operation can be increased according to the cooled state of the engine.
  • FIG. 8 is a chart illustrating a relationship between a brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) and a brake mean effective pressure (BMEP) when the engine is operated under a condition where the rotational speed is fixed, in which the value in the reduced-cylinder operation is indicated by the solid wave line and the value in the all-cylinder operation where all of the four cylinders are active is indicated by the dashed wave line.
  • BSFC brake specific fuel consumption
  • BMEP brake mean effective pressure
  • the fuel consumption improves better than in the all-cylinder operation.
  • the fuel consumption in the reduced-cylinder operation will no longer improve but degrades worse than when the all-cylinder operation is performed under the same condition due to the ignition timing being retarded to avoid knocking.
  • the ignition timing is retarded, since it is required to increase the amount of fuel injected to enrich an air-fuel ratio in order to obtain the same amount of torque (or suppress the temperature increase of the exhaust gas), the fuel consumption degrades.
  • the required retard amount of the ignition timing is different according to the temperature state of the engine body 1 .
  • the fuel consumptions at different coolant temperatures Tw on a higher engine load side of the load L 2 are respectively indicated by the solid line and the broken line.
  • the broken wave line indicates the fuel consumption when the coolant temperature Tw is at the normal reference temperature T high , which is the same as the lower load side of the load L 2 (the second reduced-cylinder range A 2 )
  • the solid wave line indicates the fuel consumption when the coolant temperature Tw is at the low reference temperature T low ( ⁇ T high ).
  • the reduced retard amount of the ignition timing due to the decrease of the coolant temperature Tw means that the range where the low-fuel-consuming reduced-cylinder operation can be performed is expanded to a higher engine load as the coolant temperature Tw becomes lower.
  • the fuel consumption in the reduced-cylinder operation when the coolant temperature Tw is high is the same as the fuel consumption in the all-cylinder operation at a load L 1 a higher than the load L 2
  • the fuel consumption in the reduced-cylinder operation when the coolant temperature Tw is low solid line is the same as the fuel consumption in the all-cylinder operation at a load L 1 a higher than the load L 1 a .
  • the range where the reduced-cylinder operation is performed (in other words, the reduced-cylinder operating range A) is expanded to a higher engine load as the coolant temperature Tw becomes lower (S 9 ).
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A is expanded to a higher engine speed as the coolant temperature Tw becomes lower (S 10 ).
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A when the occurrence of knocking is confirmed during the operation in the reduced-cylinder operating range A, the reduced-cylinder operating range A is not expanded but narrowed (S 13 and S 14 ).
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A is narrowed due to knocking actually occurring, the situation where knocking occurs afterward can surely be avoided without unnecessarily expanding the reduced-cylinder operating range A.
  • the reference temperature of the coolant in other words, the temperature at which the flow of the coolant into the radiator 33 is allowed, is lowered and, thus, the actual coolant temperature Tw is lowered.
  • the coolant temperature Tw is forcibly lowered and the environment where knocking is hard to occur is created during the engine operation in the first reduced-cylinder range A 1 where knocking particularly easily occurs within the reduced-cylinder operating range A.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A can surely be expanded to increase the opportunity of the reduced-cylinder operation, and thus, the fuel consumption performance of the engine can be improved more effectively.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A is set in the range where the engine speed is lower than the second predetermined reference speed R 2 and the engine load is lower than the predetermined reference load L 1 .
  • the high-speed all-cylinder range B 2 and the high-load all-cylinder range B 3 where the all-cylinder operation is performed are set on the lower speed side of the second reference speed R 2 and the higher load side of the reference load L 1 , respectively.
  • the coolant temperature Tw is set to the lower value (T low ) (S 24 and S 25 in FIG. 6 ).
  • the coolant temperature Tw is lowered throughout the high-speed all-cylinder range B 2 and the high-load all-cylinder range B 3 .
  • the occurrence of knocking can surely be prevented while avoiding the problem described above.
  • the reduced-cylinder operating range A is set to the range where the engine speed is higher than the predetermined first reference speed R 1
  • the low-speed all-cylinder range B 1 where the all-cylinder operation is performed is set on the lower engine speed side of the first reference speed R 1 .
  • the coolant temperature Tw is set to the higher value (T high ) (S 22 and S 23 in FIG. 6 ). According to this configuration, under a condition where the flowability of the gas mixture inside the combustion chamber 10 easily becomes poor because the engine speed is low, the engine body 1 is not cooled unnecessarily, and the increase in generated amount of HC can be prevented.
  • the reference temperature at which the switch valve 34 of the cooling mechanism 30 (the flow of the coolant into the radiator 33 is allowed) is lowered to lower the actual coolant temperature Tw; however, the coolant temperature Tw may also be lowered by other methods which are not dependent on the change in reference temperature as described above.
  • the coolant temperature Tw can be controlled by providing a grille shutter for changing an opening in the air port formed in the front grille, and opening or closing the grille shutter to change the flow rate of travel air blown to the radiator 33 .
  • the coolant temperature Tw can be controlled by providing an electric pump driven by an electric motor as the coolant temperature 31 , and adjusting the speed of the electric motor to change the flow rate of the coolant.
  • the control of lowering the coolant temperature Tw is performed in the first reduced-cylinder range A 1 where the engine load is high within the reduced-cylinder operating range A, the high-speed all-cylinder range B 2 located on the higher speed side of the reduced-cylinder operating range A, and the high-load all-cylinder range B 3 located on the higher load side of the reduced-cylinder operating range A; however, such a control of lowering the coolant temperature Tw may be prohibited when a gear range of a transmission is low.
  • the transmission herein indicates a component for decelerating the rotation of the crankshaft 15 (output shaft) of the engine body 1 while transmitting the rotation to wheels of the vehicle, and is provided with a plurality of gear ranges (e.g., six forward ranges and one reverse range).
  • gear ranges e.g., six forward ranges and one reverse range.
  • the operating state may have already been shifted to correspond to a position in the operating range where the lowering of the coolant temperature Tw is not required (e.g., either one of the second reduced-cylinder range A 2 and the low-speed all-cylinder range B 1 ).
  • the temperature of the engine body 1 is considered to be able to be sufficiently lowered before the operating state of the engine shifts to correspond to a position in the operating range where the lowering of the coolant temperature Tw is not required (e.g., either one of the second reduced-cylinder range A 2 and the low-speed all-cylinder range B 1 ), even if some extent of a delay period of time exists until the temperature of the engine body 1 actually decreases. Therefore, the control of lowering the coolant temperature Tw will not be a waste.
  • the geometric compression ratio of the engine body 1 is set to 12:1 or higher; however, when gasoline with high octane number RON (Research Octane Number) is used as the fuel, since abnormal combustion (e.g., knocking) is relatively unlikely to occur, the geometric compression ratio may be set higher. Specifically, when gasoline with an octane number of 95 or more is used as the fuel, the geometric compression ratio may be 13:1 or higher. On the other hand, when the octane number is 91 or higher but lower than 95, the geometric compression ratio is still preferable to be 12:1 or higher.
  • RON Search Octane Number
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